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A Life of Picasso: Volume 1. The Prodigy, 1881–1906

John Richardson

The author introduces material on the artist's early training in religious art, and establishes his passion for Barcelona and Catalan "modernisme". There are also portraits of Apollinaire, Max Jacob and Gertrude Stein who made up "The Picasso Gang". The book won the 1991 Whitbread biography award.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Picasso, pablo, 1881-1973 -> BiographyArtistic BiographyMemoir & Personal History

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor1991FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Picasso95%
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    • Apollinaire38%
    • Gertrude Stein38%

  2. 02 Central places

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    • Barcelona50%
    • Catalan36%

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 64%.